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Praised for its narrative style, strong research base, and distinctive themethat urban politics in the U.S. has evolved as a dynamic interaction between governmental power and private purposesthe Fourth Edition of this number one text is completely revised throughout.

Table of Contents

Preface

vii

CHAPTER 1 The Politics of American Cities: An introduction

1

(8)

Growth, Governance, Secession

1

(2)

The Politics of Growth

3

(1)

The Politics of Governance

4

(1)

The Politics of Secession

5

(1)

Interweaving the Themes

6

(3)

PART 1 THE ENDURING ISSUES IN AMERICAN CITY POLITICS

9

(94)

CHAPTER 2 Growth and Governance: The Political Legacy of America's Urban Past

11

(34)

National Development and the Cities

11

(1)

The Urbanization of America

12

(2)

The Competition for Urban Growth

14

(31)

OUTTAKE: CITY-BUILDING HAS ALWAYS REQUIRED PUBLIC INVESTMENT

16

(5)

The Breakdown of Community: Industrialization

21

(3)

The Breakdown of Community: Transportation

24

(2)

The Breakdown of Community: Immigration

26

(5)

The Increasing Importance of Municipal Services

31

(6)

The Political Isolation of the Cities

37

(8)

CHAPTER 3 Party Machines and the immigrants

45

(25)

Machines and Machine-Style Politics

45

(1)

The Origins of Machine Politics

46

(4)

Did Machines "Get the Job Done"?

50

(1)

OUTTAKE: MACHINES HAD TWO SIDES

51

(4)

Were Machines Vehicles of Upward Mobility?

55

(3)

Did the Machines Help Immigrants Assimilate?

58

(2)

The Social Reform Alternative

60

(3)

Machine Politics in Today's Cities

63

(7)

CHAPTER 4 The Reform Crusades

70

(33)

The Motive for Reform

70

(1)

The Reform Environment

71

(3)

The Campaigns Against Machine Rule

74

(9)

OUTTAKE: MUNICIPAL REFORM WAS BIASED

75

(8)

"Efficiency and Economy" in Municipal Affairs

83

(5)

The Business Model

88

(2)

Commission and Manager Government

90

(3)

Did Reform Kill the Machines?

93

(2)

The Reform Legacy and the Politics of Representation

95

(8)

PART II NATIONAL POLITICS AND THE CITIES

103

(120)

CHAPTER 5 The New Deal Coalition and the Cities

105

(21)

The Changing Political Balance

105

(1)

The Political Isolation of the Cities

106

(1)

OUTTAKE: City Voters Became Important to the Democratic Party

106

(3)

The New Urban Consciousness

109

(2)

The Urban Wing of the Democratic Party

111

(2)

The Depression and the Cities

113

(5)

The Cities in the Intergovernmental System

118

(4)

The New Deal Legacy

122

(4)

CHAPTER 6 National Policy and the Divided Metropolis

126

(38)

National Policies and Urban Development

126

(1)

The Concern About Housing and Slums

127

(1)

OUTTAKE: SOME URBAN POLICIES REINFORCED DISCRIMINATION

128

(3)

The Struggle over Public Housing

131

(4)

Urban Renewal and Its Problems

135

(3)

The Urban Renewal Steamroller

138

(3)

Public Housing: Urban Renewal's Stepchild

141

(2)

The Legacy of Inner-City Programs

143

(1)

National Policy and the Suburbs

144

(5)

The Weak Policies of the Post-Civil Rights Era

149

(2)

The Suburban Bias in National Transportation Policies

151

(5)

The Damaging Effects of National Urban Policy

156

(8)

CHAPTER 7 The Rise and Fall of National Urban Policy

164

(38)

The Politics of National Urban Policy

164

(1)

The Democrats and the Cities

165

(1)

OUTTAKE: RACIAL DIVISIONS EVENTUALLY DOOMED URBAN PROGRAMS

166

(7)

The Great Society

171

(2)

The Republicans and the New Federalism

173

(6)

The Housing and Community Development Act

176

(3)

President Carter and the Democrats' Last Hurrah

179

(3)

Republicans and the End of Federal Assistance

182

(5)

Urban Enterprise Zones

186

(1)

Political Reality and Urban Policy

187

(6)

The Political Invisibility of the Cities

193

(9)

CHAPTER 8 The Rise of the Sunbelt

202

(21)

The Concept of the Sunbelt

202

(3)

The Rise of the Sunbelt

205

(1)

OUTTAKE: THE SUNBELT'S CONSERVATIVE BENT MAY COME UNDER CHALLENGE

206

(4)

Why the Sunbelt Boomed

210

(5)

The New Politics of Sunbelt Cities

215

(3)

Regional Convergence and National Politics

218

(5)

PART III THE FRACTURING OF THE AMERICAN POLITICAL COMMUNITY

223

(187)

CHAPTER 9 The Fractured Metropolis

225

(37)

The Roots of the Urban Crisis

225

(1)

The Movement to the Central Cities

226

(2)

OUTTAKE: THE RACIAL DIVIDE IS MOVING TO THE SUBURBS

228

(6)

The Urban Crisis

234

(4)

The Suburban Movements

238

(10)

The Railroad and Streetcar Suburbs: 1815-1918

239

(2)

The First Automobile Suburbs: 1918-1945

241

(2)

The Bedroom Suburbs: 1946-1970's

243

(3)

Multiethnic Suburbs and the Rise of Residential Enclaves: 1970's-The Present

246

(2)

The New Immigrants

248

(8)

The Metropolitan Future: Segregation or Assimilation?

256

(6)

CHAPTER 10 The Politics of Secession

262

(28)

Carving Up the Metropolis

262

(1)

The Motive to Separate from the Cities

263

(1)

OUTTAKE: ATTEMPTS TO FORCE INTEGRATION HAVE FAILED

264

(4)

How Developers Shaped the Suburbs

268

(9)

Selling the American Dream

272

(2)

Enforcing Segregation

274

(3)

Suburban Governments and Zoning

277

(4)

The National Challenge to Exclusionary Zoning

281

(2)

The Costs of Exclusion

283

(7)

CHAPTER 11 Urban Sprawl and Regional Governance

290

(26)

The Sprawled Metropolis

290

(1)

The Concerns About Sprawl

291

(1)

OUTTAKE: THE COSTS OF SPRAWL ARE HOTLY DEBATED

292

(5)

Smart Growth

297

(6)

The New Urbanism

303

(4)

Reforming Metropolitan Governance

307

(4)

Whither Sprawl?

311

(5)

CHAPTER 12 City Finances and the Dynamics of Growth

316

(30)

Why City Budgets Are Political

316

(1)

Cities in the Intergovernmental System

317

(3)

City Revenues

320

(5)

City Expenditures

325

(5)

Cities for Sale: The Municipal Bond Market

330

(1)

OUTTAKE: INVESTORS HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT URBAN POLICY

331

(6)

The Powerful Fiscal Role of Special Authorities

337

(3)

Fiscal Fragmentation

340

(6)

CHAPTER 13 Reviving the Central Cities

346

(28)

An Urban Renaissance

346

(2)

The Decline and Recovery of Downtown

348

(3)

The Development of Tourism and Entertainment

351

(1)

OUTTAKE: BALTIMORE'S REVITALIZATION IS DEBATED

352

(17)

Convention Centers

355

(3)

Sports Stadiums

358

(4)

Festival Malls

362

(2)

Bubble Cities and Entertainment Complexes

364

(1)

Casino Gaming

365

(2)

Street Life and Urban Culture

367

(2)

The New Downtown Economies

369

(5)

CHAPTER 14 The Challenge of Governance

374

(32)

The Delicate Balancing Act

374

(2)

OUTTAKE: HAVE THE BENEFITS OF MINORITY INFLUENCE IN CITIES BEEN ENOUGH?